[keycloak-dev] Why do I have to enter the OTP?

[Bill Burke]

On 1/14/2015 2:36 AM, Juraci Paixão Kröhling wrote:
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> On 01/13/2015 05:11 PM, Bill Burke wrote:
>> Why does a user have to enter in the OTP generated by their mobile
>>   device?  Wouldn't it be cooler if the steps were:
>>
>> 1. Enter in username password in the browser 2. Browser blocks and
>> wait for... 3. Press a button on your OTP iphone app 4. iphone app
>> sends an HTTP message to Keycloak with username and generated OTP
>> (in background) 5. Keycloak sees if a browser app is waiting for
>> OTP verification, then verifies OTP if so.
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> How do you ensure that this browser is the same as the real user, and
> not from an attacker?
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The browser has correctly entered in a password.  There would be a 
timeout for the browser blocking/waiting for the background OTP transmit.


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